The documents accuse a retired police captain of misleading the police chief about whether the department's surveillance practices complied with federal guidelines. The documents accuse Captain Vince DiManna of being "negligent" in his performance as commander of the department's intelligence bureau.Charges that Captain DiManna violated department rules were sustained, but it appears he retired before any disciplinary action was taken. DiManna has apparently moved out of state and could not be reached for comment.The documents reveal that the investigation also found that many officers inside and outside the intelligence bureau were sending inappropriate, sexist and racist e-mails. Some of those officers received written reprimands, but their names were not released.In all, 200 documents, three audio tapes and a computer disc were released to the ACLU. The ACLU represented Steve and Vicki Nash in a lawsuit they filed after the police department refused their public records request to see the internal affairs documents.The computer disc contains hundreds of more pages of depositions. The ACLU's Mark Silverstein said he needed the weekend to look over all the documents before saying too much about them.
I-Team: DPD forced to release spy files
Denver Police fought long and hard to prevent it, but after losing a court battle, the department released hundreds of documents Friday related to the internal affairs investigation of the spy-files case.
